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Communications and Marketing Assistant

About the role

Are you passionate about creating meaningful content that connects people?

You’ll be joining a busy and creative Communications and Marketing team where no two days are the same. In this varied and hands-on role, you’ll support the delivery of a full communications and marketing mix – from social media and digital content to campaigns, advertising and design.

You’ll play a key role in building on our established digital channels, helping us communicate clearly and creatively with colleagues, businesses and customers to promote and deliver our services. This is a fixed-term full time role for two years and offers a great opportunity to develop your skills in a supportive, fast-paced public sector environment.

We welcome the opportunity to speak to any interested candidates so please feel free to email: Rachael.Tootell@nctrust.co.uk and they can agree a mutually agreeable time to call you

In person interviews are planned for Thursday 21st May

What will you be doing?

You’ll work across the communications and marketing team, supporting both internal and external activity and helping campaigns run smoothly from idea to delivery. Your day-to-day work will include:

• Creating, scheduling and monitoring engaging social media content across multiple platforms, including video

• Developing clear, compelling written content for web pages, articles and news releases

• Assisting with the design and production of marketing and promotional materials

• Supporting marketing campaigns and communications projects from planning through to evaluation

• Monitoring social media channels, responding to comments and messages in a timely and professional way

• Organising and maintaining a digital library of images and video assets

• Providing practical administrative support such as managing media lists, arranging printing and raising purchase orders

• Helping track performance and evaluate the impact of campaigns using data and insights

Throughout your work, you’ll collaborate closely with colleagues, contribute ideas and ensure communications are accurate, inclusive and customer focused.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

About you

You’re a creative self-starter with a genuine interest in communications and marketing. You bring enthusiasm, ideas and a positive attitude, and you enjoy working as part of a team.
You already have experience in a communications, marketing or digital media environment and feel confident working with a range of digital platforms, particularly social media and video.
You enjoy turning ideas into practical, engaging content and are always looking for ways to improve and innovate.
You’re organised, detail-focused and able to juggle different tasks while meeting deadlines.
You’re customer-focused, proactive and happy to use your initiative, while also recognising the importance of collaboration and good communication.
Most importantly, you’re keen to learn, contribute and grow your skills in a role where your creativity and enthusiasm will be valued every day.

When applying please ensure your supporting statement details how you fulfil the essential criteria set out in the attached job description / person specification as this will be used for shortlisting. You will need to provide a full employment history including any gaps since leaving full time education

Our benefits

We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.

We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:

28 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health pension protection.
Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
Subsidised town centre car parking scheme

About us

At Northamptonshire Children’s Trust, children, young people and families are at the heart of all we do – in every decision we make and every action we take. Our mission is driven by the unwavering commitment to achieving the best outcomes for them. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils.

Our workforce are our most valuable asset and are pivotal to making the services and support we offer to children, young people and families who need us to be the absolute best we can be.

We value our colleagues and empower them to be able to do the best job of their lives every single day, working in a culture of support and kindness where achievements are celebrated and creativity is very much welcomed.

At NCT equality, diversity and inclusion are part of us and in everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and thrive in our organisation.  We are a disability confident employer and have a commitment to care leavers who we guarantee an interview if they meet the essential criteria.

Join our dedicated team and be a part of an organisation where your work makes a real difference.

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